Writers and Works Included
- Iran (Iranian literature)
- Houshang Moradi-Kermani: "The Vice-Principal" (short story, 1979)
- Tirdad Zolghadr: excerpt from the novella A Little Less Conversation (2006)
- Ahmad Shamlou: "Existence" (poem, 1957)
- Iraq (Iraqi literature)
- Salah Al-Hamdani: "Baghdad My Beloved" (poem, 2003)
- Sherko Fatah: excerpt from the novel At the Borderline (2001)
- Muhsin Al-Ramli: excerpt from the novel Scattered Crumbs (late 1990s)
- Saadi Youssef: "Five Crosses" (poem, 1961)
- Fadhil Al-Azzawi: "Hameed Nylon", first chapter of the novel The Last of the Angels (1992)
- North Korea (North Korean literature)
- Kang Kwi-mi: "A Tale of Music" (short story, 2003)
- Hong Seok-jung: excerpt from the novel Hwangjini (2002)
- Lim Hwa-won: "The Fifth Photograph" (short story, 2001)
- Byungu Chon: "Falling Persimmons" (poem, 1992)
- Syria (Syrian literature)
- Hanna Mina: "On the Sacks" (short story, 1976)
- Salim Barakat: excerpt from the novel Jurists of Darkness (1985)
- Libya (Libyan literature)
- Khamel al-Maghur: "The Soldiers' Plumes", excerpt from the memoir Stations (late 1990s or early 2000s)
- Ashur Etwebi: "The Place Will Fit Everything" (poem)
- Sudan (Sudanese literature)
- Tarek Eltayeb: "Coffee and Water" (poem, 1999)
- Tarek Eltayeb: "The Sweetest Tea with the Most Beautiful Woman in the World" (short story, 1993)
- Cuba (Cuban literature)
- Anna Lidía Vega Serova: "Project for a Commemorative Mural (Mixed Media)" (poem, 2001)
- Francisco García Gonzáles: "Women of the Federation" (short story, 2003)
- Raúl Rivero: "I Don't Want Anyone Coming Around to Save Me" (poem, 2002)
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